Israel

serie di guerre del Medioevo

stato crociato in Medio Oriente (1099-1291)

nome dello Stato romano dopo la repubblica (27 a.C. - 395 d.C.)

guerra santa combattuta tra il 1189 e il 1192

forma di governo dell'alto Impero romano

Saladin’s decisive victory over the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which destroyed the kingdom’s main field force and opened the way for the reconquest of Jerusalem.

modalità con la quale Gesù è stato messo a morte

Saladin’s siege of Jerusalem, ending with the city’s surrender on October 2, 1187, after the defeat of the crusader army at Hattin.

Roman forces besieged the Masada stronghold during the concluding phase of the First Jewish–Roman War.

regista, sceneggiatore e compositore israeliano

A prominent nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who commanded the defense of Jerusalem during Saladin’s siege in 1187.

condottiero zelota

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

senatore e militare romano

sultano di Egitto, Siria e Hijaz (1137–1193)

re di Gerusalemme (r. 1174-1185)

King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 and commander of the crusader army defeated at Hattin.

Disciple of Jesus whose betrayal and political relationship with him are central to the film’s interpretation.

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

regina di Gerusalemme (r. 1186-1190)

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.

The battlefield near the Sea of Galilee where Saladin defeated the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187.

The Latin Christian polity in the Levant where the film’s court politics, frontier warfare, and defense of Jerusalem unfold.

Ancient fortress and archaeological site in Israel.

Capital city of Lebanon.

A major crusader castle and lordship in Transjordan, historically associated with the lordship of Oultremer and the tensions preceding the 1187 campaign.